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Who's the Miley Cyrus bong video villain? Some say Anna Oliver [poll]

December 14, 2010 | 11:13
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Every story needs a villain -- and in the story of the Miley Cyrus bong video, fans seem to think the villain is one Anna Oliver.

Oliver, a close friend of the "Hannah Montana" star, is allegedly the buddy who captured Miley's salvia-smoking ways for posterity -- and some Cyrus fans now blame her for the video going public. A female voice can be heard at the start of the recording saying, "I'm going to document the [heck] out of this."

TMZ, which first posted the video, reports that Oliver has deactivated her Twitter account and gone into hiding after a barrage of messages along the lines of, "What would you do if you met Anna Oliver? -- Probably kick her teeth in."

Oliver is also a friend of recently derailed Disney star Demi Lovato, who posted a Flickr picture of them together in February with the caption ""BESTIESSSSSS - @AnnaCOliver."

One anti-Anna Facebook page -- only 105 fans as of Tuesday morning, and paired with a Twitter account with 1,220 followers -- had wall posts including a not-so-subtle death threat, punctuated with a smiley face.

That's in contrast to messages like the one Oliver tweeted out Nov. 22: "Countdown to Mimi's bdayyyyy wooooo!!!! 2hrs 20minsss!"

Who provided TMZ with the video -- shot at the singer's house days after her 18th birthday -- is unclear, though the website Monday reported attempts by Team Miley to round up copies from a couple of college students who "came into possession" of the video. One student contacted Cyrus' reps shortly after Thanksgiving regarding the mini bongstravaganza, TMZ sources said.